Weather Records on 15 July 1945

693 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 1945. Highest significance: Goderich, CA.

Key Facts for 15 July 1945

On 15 July 1945, 693 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 312 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 661 daily.
Goderich set an all-time record daily precipitation of 90.2 mm (3.6 in) on 15 July 1945.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

693 stations

693 station records on 15 July 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goderich	Canada	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Phalodi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Letchworth Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbadah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sikandra Rao	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bhagaon Bhogaon	India	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amamoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roxbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

693 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 242, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 297.

Records on 15 July 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	242
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	297
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 31, daily 661.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

579 broken records

Margins by which the 579 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 1945

Top 20 records on 15 July 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 1945	Goderich, CA	all-time rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1945	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	Cream Hill, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	Mount Forest, CA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	York 3 SSW Pump STN, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	New Canton, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	Woodstock, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	Plymouth, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	Wanakena Rngr School, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	Raquette Lake, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	North Bridgton, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	Jim Thorpe, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily low max	11.6 C (52.9 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	Walkerton, CA	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	Simcoe, CA	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	Phalodi, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	Wateranga, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	Bridgeton 1 NE, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	Sussex 1 NW, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1945	Lancaster 2 NE Pump St, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1945. 1945 had 693 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	961

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	433
10 to 20	73
20 to 30	38
30 to 40	16
40 to 50	13
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1